Data Scientist

Deeplight AI; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Gold-level health insurance

Visa sponsorship

Professional development support

Subscription reimbursement

Cutting-edge AI projects

Monthly incentives

Career advancement

Job summary

DeepLight AI is seeking a Data Scientist with banking domain awareness to design, develop, and deploy robust statistical models for regional clients in the UAE. You will work on risk models, capital optimization, and regulatory-compliant analytics across treasury and lending functions.

You will translate complex financial challenges into production-ready Python solutions, collaborate with risk officers and analysts, and uphold high standards of scientific rigor and software engineering.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building statistical risk models in corporate banking, wholesale banking, or treasury environments.
• Strong theoretical and practical understanding of quantitative concepts underpinning ML and statistics.
• Proficiency in Python and its scientific computing ecosystem; experience with Basel III/IV and regulatory capital calculations.

Responsibilities

• Build Advanced Risk Models for corporate lending, wholesale banking, liquidity and treasury operations (PD, LGD, EAD).
• Develop Risk-Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC) and RAC optimization modules.
• Ensure Basel III/IV alignment, stress testing, and regulatory capital compliance.
• Write clean, modular Python code and participate in peer code reviews.
• Collaborate with risk officers, analysts, and tech leads to present quantitative findings.

Skills

Python

Statistical modeling

Banking domain knowledge

Data science

Communicate results

Education

Master's degree in Statistics/Mathematics/Data Science/Quantitative Finance

Tools

PySpark

Spark

Dask

NumPy/SciPy/Pandas/Scikit-learn

Job description

Job Description:

DeepLight AI is a specialist AI and data consultancy dedicated to transforming the regional corporate landscape through bespoke, high-impact intelligent systems. We combine deep expertise in data science, statistical modeling, AI/ML technologies, workflow automation, and systems integration with a practical understanding of complex corporate operations.

With particular depth in the financial services and banking sectors, we help our clients bridge the gap between complex data and actionable business strategy. We dont believe in "off-the-shelf" fixes—we build secure, scalable solutions that integrate seamlessly into enterprise architectures.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Data Scientist with deep banking domain awareness to design, develop, and deploy robust statistical models and data-driven solutions for our premier regional clients.

In this role, you will work across Treasury, Wholesale Banking, and Corporate Lending divisions to build high-impact risk models, portfolio optimization frameworks, and regulatory capital solutions. Operating at the intersection of quantitative science and practical banking operations, you will translate complex financial challenges into precise, production-ready statistical solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Build Advanced Risk Models: Design and implement statistical risk models for corporate lending, wholesale banking, liquidity management, and treasury operations—including Probability of Default (PD), Loss Given Default (LGD), and Exposure at Default (EAD) architectures.
• Optimize Capital & Returns: Build analytical modules for Risk-Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC) and Risk-Adjusted Capital (RAC) optimization frameworks to help business lines maximize risk-adjusted returns.
• Ensure Regulatory Alignment: Apply Basel requirements (Basel III/IV), stress testing frameworks, and regulatory capital rules to guarantee all model designs conform to global and regional banking standards.
• Drive Engineering Excellence: Write clean, modular, and well-documented Python code while actively participating in peer code reviews to maintain high scientific and software engineering standards across engagement squads.
• Collaborate & Communicate: Partner closely with client risk officers, business analysts, and technical leads to decompose complex requirements, present quantitative findings, and defend model methodologies.

As an AI consultancy, our greatest asset is the expertise of our people.
While technical mastery is the foundation of what we do, the ability to bridge the gap between complex data science and actionable business value is what defines your success with Deeplight.
We're looking for individuals who are not only world-class in their fields of specialism, but also compelling communicators and persuasive advocates for their own skills.
You will be the face of our firm, tasked with building trust, articulating the "why" behind your technical decisions, and effectively "selling" your vision to high-level stakeholders.
If you thrive on the challenge of presenting cutting-edge solutions as much as you do on building them, you will fit right in.

What We’re Looking For

• Hands‑on experience developing statistical risk models or quantitative frameworks within corporate banking, wholesale banking, or treasury environments.
• A strong theoretical and practical understanding of the quantitative, mathematical, and probabilistic concepts underlying ML and statistical tools—going beyond high-level library calls to understand the science behind them.
• Strong proficiency in Python and its scientific computing ecosystem (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Statsmodels, PyTorch/TensorFlow).
• Solid working knowledge of the Basel III/IV framework, regulatory capital calculations, and banking stress testing protocols.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving skills, rigorous attention to detail, and the ability to explain complex statistical trade-offs clearly to diverse technical and business audiences.
• A Bachelors or Masters degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Quantitative Finance, or a related quantitative discipline.

What Gives You an Edge

• Experience running experiments and performing causal analysis for high-stakes financial decisions.
• Familiarity with Transformers and sequence models for tasks like financial sentiment analysis and time-series forecasting.
• Hands‑on experience using PySpark, Spark, or Dask to process and train models on petabyte-scale enterprise data lakes.
• Skill in creating interactive data narratives and dashboards (e.g., Streamlit, Plotly) to communicate findings to executive audiences.

The benefits youll enjoy as part of this role include:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive Gold Level personal health insurance
• Individual Visa Sponsorship
• Professional development and certification support
• Subscription reimbursement relating to your role
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects
• Monthly Employee Incentive program
• Career advancement opportunities in a rapidly growing AI company

This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of AI implementation while working with a talented team of professionals at the forefront of technological innovation. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in driving our companys success in delivering transformative AI solutions to our clients.
At DeepLight AI, we recognise that diversity drives innovation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where individuals with different thinking styles can thrive and contribute their unique strengths to our specialised AI and data solutions.

Our goal is to ensure our application and interview process is accessible, predictable, and fair for all candidates.

If you require any specific adjustments to the application process, or if you require any reasonable adjustments should you be successful in being processed to the interview stage, please do let us know. This information will be kept strictly confidential and will not impact hiring decisions.